Google So Dominant That A French Town Might Need To Change Its Name?

from the or-hire-some-better-seo? dept

Apparently, the French coastal town of Eu is so upset that people can't find the town via a Google search, that it's considering changing its name. The mayor of the town is quite concerned about how this is impacting the town's tourism business -- which does show the cultural dominance of Google, these days, on some things. Of course, as the article notes, a search on Eu french town turns up plenty of results -- though, even those are currently dominated by stories like this one about the name search. Perhaps the town just needs to hire better SEO experts...

Re: I support this!

This is actually quite brilliant marketing on their part. I just spent the last 10 minutes or so reading about the town - did you know that William the Conqueror was married there back before he did any conquering at all? Anyhow, I bet more people discover the town through this story which is all over the internets, than they would if they had a more searchable name to begin with! If they change their name it will probably be an even bigger story. Well played, Mayor Marie-Fraçoise Gaouyer.

Of course, as the article notes, a search on Eu french town turns up plenty of results -- though, even those are currently dominated by stories like this one about the name search. Perhaps the town just needs to hire better SEO experts...

I think it's a creative use of a variant of the Streisand effect. Make a big public complaint that the search engines don't know you're there. Then watch as the story attracts attention to your town.

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